OH Heav'nly Father! Gracious God above! Thou boundless depth of never-ceasing love! Save me from @3self@1, and cause me to depart From sinful works of a long-harden'd heart; From all my great corruptions set me free; Give me an ear to hear, an eye to see, A heart and spirit to believe, and find Thy love in @3Christ@1, the Saviour of mankind. Made for thyself, O God, and to display Thy goodness in me, manifest, I pray, By grace adapted to each wanting hour, Thy holy nature's life-conferring pow'r: Give me the faith, the hunger, and the thirst, After the life breath'd forth from thee, at first; Birth of thy Holy JESUS in my soul; That I may turn, thro' life's succeeding whole, From ev'ry outward work, or inward thought, Which is not Thee, or in thy Spirit wrought. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENIGMA. TO THE LADIES by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SIR RUPERT THE FEARLESS; A LEGEND OF GERMANY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM IDYLL 1. THE EPITAPH OF ADONIS by BION HE MAKES AN END by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT CROSS-CURRENTS by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN |